U+11C27 "ð‘°§" Bhaiksuki Letter Ya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11C27 "ð‘°§" Bhaiksuki Letter Ya is a script character representing the consonant "ya" in the Bhaiksuki alphabet, a historical Brahmic script used primarily in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent between the 11th and 14th centuries for writing Buddhist texts, especially in Sanskrit. This glyph aligns with the typical Bhaiksuki style, featuring rounded shapes and distinctive strokes that differentiate it from related scripts like Siddham or Sharada. As part of the Bhaiksuki Unicode block (U+11C00 to U+11C6F), it enables the digital preservation and accurate rendering of ancient manuscripts, aiding scholars and linguists in studying the script's unique phonology and cultural context within Tibetan Buddhism and Mahayana traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C27
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Letter Ya
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑰧
HTML Hex Encoding 𑰧
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC27
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C27
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc27

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bhaiksuki
Script Extensions Bhaiksuki
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter